This is an extraordinary documentary. People would do well to keep this in mind when considering the unfolding of events presently in the Russ0-Ukraine conflict. On the ‘age-restriction’ above, having viewed the video, I have no idea why it is instituted apart from making the dissemination of this documentary more difficult.

After the Clash of Civilizations, Christopher Caldwell, Compact Biden’s Folly In Ukraine, Douglas Macgregor, The American Conservative After the End of Globalization, Gladden Pappin, The Postliberal Order David Bentley Hart’s Post-Christian Pantheism, Edward Feser, Public Discourse The Latest Republican Muddle, Alexander Voltz, Quadrant

Cats, due to popular demand, here we are. I’m not even going to pretend that it’s one of my favourite musical genres, but nonetheless, there are some diamonds in the dirt. To truly understand the rise and (seeming) fall of disco, one needs to understand the Seventies as the era that taste forgot. Following on…

Searched but haven’t found anything. Irony is hard to find in wartime; most particularly among the Left. That covers, among others, most politicians and mainstream media pundits. Morrison is in high dudgeon over the Solomon Island security pact with China. A grave concern echoed in the United States.  Cameron Stewart, writing in the Australian, quoted…

I watched the budget speech. Found it very boring of course. Billions here, billions there, billions almost everywhere. Debt on its way to a trillion. Who cares? I remember caring when debt and deficits mattered. Wayne Swan was always chasing surpluses without ever catching one. Though it didn’t stop him from being named by the…